Painted Tapa, or Ngatu, from Tonga in the South Pacific. Tapa cloth is made from the inner bark of the mulberrytree (hiapo) and is used on ceremonial occasions.

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Photo credit: © Desmond Morris Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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